• 0,0 Km - Pergola, Museo dei Bronzi Dorati e della Città di Pergola (Museum of the Gilded Bronzes and the City of Pergola) (271m s.l.m.)
• 5,52 Km - Pantana Serralta (295m)
• 8,66 Km - Percozzone (400m)
• 10,00 Km - Cantarino (500m)
  • 10,46 Km + Detour 490m - Casa Tartufo

The route begins at the Museum of the Gilded Bronzes and the City of Pergola, which is a must-visit before setting off (the tour takes about 30–60 minutes)!

There is a large free car park right in front of the museum. Alternatively, you can leave your vehicle along the adjacent Viale Martiri della Libertà (opposite the sports field), where parking is also free.

From here, head towards the historic center of Pergola, walking through the public gardens. After about 100m on Viale Kennedy, just past the bridge, turn right towards Cuppio. This is where the journey truly begins, as you leave the busy roads behind. The first section is uphill on a paved road, but don't worry: traffic is minimal, and the asphalt will soon give way to a gravel road!

After a downhill stretch, the first hamlet you will encounter is Pantana Serralta, followed a few hundred meters later by Pantana. From there, after an easy ford across the Cesano River, you will walk along small paths through the fields to reach Percozzone and, slightly further up, Cantarino (a hamlet of Sassoferrato). About 500m from Cantarino, in the small village of Doglio, you will find Casa Tartufo, which offers camping and apartments.

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Pergola, the starting and finishing point of the Cammino dei Bronzi Dorati, is a town located in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, in the Marche region of Italy.
Founded in 1234, Pergola is renowned for its charming historic center, which features numerous churches and well-preserved historical buildings.
One of its most famous attractions is the Museum of the Gilded Bronzes and the City of Pergola (https://www.bronzidorati.it). This museum houses the extraordinary group of Roman gilded bronze statues—the only one of its kind in the world.
Our trail begins right at the Museum and takes its name from the famous sculptural group preserved there.

Cantarino is a former mining village located in the municipality of Sassoferrato. The village was built in the early 1900s by the Montecatini company to provide housing for the miners of the Vallotica sulfur mine. Just a few kilometers away was the Cabernardi sulfur mine, now converted into a museum (https://www.minieracabernardi.it), and the Bellisio Solfare refinery, of which only ruins remain.